The details of almost 50,000 internet users have been posted online after an ABC website was hacked. Source: AAP
AUSTRALIA'S national broadcaster is reviewing its cyber security arrangements after one of its program websites was hacked and the personal details of almost 50,000 users were posted online.
The attack on a sub-domain of the ABC's site, abc.net.au, was carried out by a European-based activist who was aggrieved with the corporation's recent interview with far-right Dutch politician Geert Wilders.
The hacker struck during the early hours of Wednesday morning on a section of the ABC's site about a 2010 program called Making Australia Happy, a reality-style documentary featuring eight Sydney residents.
Soon afterwards, the passwords, usernames, email addresses, location and postcodes of almost 50,000 people who'd made comments or registered on the site were posted online.
The data was posted in 10 separate 'pastebins' which can be accessed online.
As of Wednesday afternoon, the data was still visible.
The ABC said it has written to all 49,561 people affected and apologised.
The hacker, believed to be associated with the online activist group Anonymous, wrote on Twitter: "ABC hacked for giving a platform to Geert Wilders to spread hatred #OpWilders - database leaked!"
The ABC interviewed Wilders on its current affairs Lateline program on February 13.
The Dutch politician, who is the leader of the Party for Freedom - which holds the balance of power in the Dutch parliament - was speaking ahead of a national tour of Australia and told the program that "Islam and freedom are incompatible".
The ABC acknowledged the attack and a source within the corporation said the broadcaster's cyber security was being reviewed.
"We do know that it has exposed the name, username and a hashed version of the password that audience members used to register on the program website," an ABC spokesman told AAP.
"As soon as the ABC was made aware of this activity the site was shut down.
"This breach originated at an overseas location and an activist has claimed responsibility for it.
"The ABC will be in contact with audience members who have been directly affected."
Online commentators praised the ABC for its fast and open disclosure of the breach.
NSW resident Tim Gresham told News Ltd he was horrified to learn his personal details had been exposed.
His details were published along with 49,560 other ABC website users' data, on a website linked to Anonymous.
"This hacker has probably got a lot of information about me, intimate information about me, having an idea of what that website asked me in terms of my relationships and personal life," Mr Gresham said.
It comes after several large news and social media companies have admitted being hacked.
Twitter, Facebook, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal have all suffered recent cyber attacks, with the two American newspapers blaming Chinese activists.
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